The Negative Impact Of Fine Arts In Schools

The fine arts have been around for many years. The fine arts include Choir, Band, Drama, and many others. Over the years, students have thought that the fine arts were just classes that were easy A’s and that they could just get by in them. What the students did not know is that being involved in a fine arts class impacted them greatly. Many studies have been conducted throughout the years and they have found that the students were heavily impacted by the arts in school. In the early 2000’s, researchers found that the fine arts impacted the students academically, but in the more recent years they found that the fine arts impacted the students socially as well. In the early 2000’s many studies were conducted to find out how the fine arts classes …show more content…
In 2014, Kristen Rencher wrote the article “20 Important Benefits of Music in Our Schools.” Students who are involved in the fine arts have better memorization skills than the students are not involved in the fine arts. Since the students have to memorize the music, lyrics, or dialogue, their memorization skills are always working. Rencher said, “Kids who study the arts can learn to think creatively. This kind of education can help them solve problems by thinking outside the box and realizing that there may be more than one right answer” (Rencher 2014). The arts require the students to have fun and be creative, so they usually think of other ways to solve problems. In 2013, the Arts Education Partnership (AEP) published the article “Preparing Students for the Next America: The Benefits of Arts Education.” The fine arts allow the students to be creative, strengthens problem solving abilities, builds communication skills, and increases leadership skills. “Through fine art classes, students improve in their ability to turn barriers into opportunities, overcome difficulty in completing complex tasks, and sustain attention” (AEP 2013). This means that students learn to persevere through the challenges so that they will be able to reach their goals. The fine arts allow the students to interact with students who are out of their comfort …show more content…
In the 2003 study, the fine arts impacted the language and reasoning skills of the students. Proctor also found that the students had better test score than the students who were not in the arts (Proctor 257). The fine arts reinforced the students’ math and reading skills according to the 2001 study (Consortium 37). These early articles did not mention anything about how the fine arts impacted social skills, but the recent studies mention social skills. The fine arts impacted the students’ social skills because the fine arts are very interactive classes. The students are forced to interact and communicate with each other so they can complete their main goal. The 2014 article said that the fine arts allow the students to be more creative and think outside of the box (Rencher 2014). These classes allow the students to grow and create new relationships with people. The 2013 article said that the arts allow the students to persevere and to work together in order to reach their goals (AEP 2013). The recent studies found that the arts gave the students space to grow both socially and academically, not just